The Life of Dad

Many people had asked me what was the best Christmas present I received last year. For weeks I’ve been trying to come up with an answer, but...

I don’t quite know when it happened, but sometime over the course of her first 18-months of life, my youngest daughter developed 1,000 han...

For those of you following my blog, you know from my Year of Amazing post that I set several goals for myself last year (if you missed it, c...

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Santa Claus
 North Pole
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 Dear Santa,

 What’s up, dude? How’s life at the Pole? Did you get that email f...

When I was growing up, we didn't have a lot of things that kids have today. We didn't have iPads or iPods or TVs the size of Texas...